service was heartened and not broken by 21 months spent recovering from his hood and an army hospital in michigan. he was a legislative hero, progressive democrat with republican colleagues for the good of his country. in 1968, when the country was striven by racism and divided by war, he called the nation's mayors than eloquent keynote address before the democratic national convention in chicago. daniel inouye advocated for the rights of all americans regardless of the color of their skin but for what the religion was, he was the first chairman on intelligence. he served a distinction is chairman of the commerce committee and the appropriations committee. during the indian affairs committee he turned into quite committing to a powerful voice for native populations across this great country. remarkably dan served more than 34 years with his best friend, elite republican senator, ted stevens of alaska on the defensive perp rations to committee. their friendship is close working relationship stands as an example of the remarkable things to senators can accomplish when they set political party aside